[Publications] [Research Interests]

Dipl. Ing. Pavel Jurajda, Ph.D.

Tel: +420 543 422 521

Fax: +420 543 211 346

Address

Department of Fish Ecology

Institute of Vertebrate Biology

Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

Kvetna 8

Brno 

603 65

Czech Republic

Research interest

My research activities are conducted to evaluate and develop appropriate sampling and censusing techniques for fishes, conduct behavioural studies and identify the ecological requirements of fishes in a variety of aquatic habitats. My principal interest is in the reproduction and recruitment of European fishes in lowland rivers. Research is directed to understand and predict the effects of the environment and biotic interactions, such as competition, predation and parasitism, on reproduction and recruitment in fishes. Most of my current research activity involves investigations of environmental stress to fish assemblages, and the ecology of expanding gobiid fishes in Central Europe. The results of many studies have wide implications for fisheries and wildlife management and conservation.

For more information see my research interest page with following content:

• Natural fish reproduction in the modified lowland rivers
• Managed flooding and natural fish reproduction

Representative publications

Jurajda, P. - Ondračková, M. - Reichard, M. (2004).

Managed flooding as a tool for supporting natural fish reproduction in man-made lentic watebodies. Fisheries Management & Ecology, 11(3-4): 237-242.

Reichard, M. - Jurajda, P. - Ondračková, M. (2002)

Interannual variability in seasonal dynamics and species composition of drifting young-of-the-year fishes in two European lowland rivers. Journal of Fish Biology, 60(1): 87-101

Jurajda, P. - Reichard, M. - Hohausová, E. - Černý, J. (2001).

Comparison of 0+ fish communities between two differently modified stretches of the River Morava. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Supplement 135(2-4): 187-202.

Collaborators

Assoc. Prof. Milan Gelnar, Masaryk University, Brno, CR

Dr Carl Smith, Queen Mary, University of London, UK

Dr Werner Brack, UFZ Leipzig, Germany